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The measurement of high potential difference: thesis

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Description: This is a paper by H. C. Leake, R. Leventhorpe, and C. S. Whitehead. It was communicated to the Royal Society by Professor W. E. Ayrton. The paper was received in October 1895 and read in December 1895. The typescript includes manuscript emendations and charts.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1895, October 29.
Call number: mssHM 81077
Creator: Leake, H. C(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions: 33 cm :
Associated people: Ayrton, W. E.; Leventhorpe, R.; Whitehead, C. S.
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Faraday's theory of static induction - a reappraisal: conference paper

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Department Administrative File, High Potential - Oil, Insulators, etc

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The Southern California Edison Records consist of materials created, maintained, and collected by the company. The Southern California Edison Records contain books, catalogs, correspondence, journals, ledgers, log books, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the history of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company. The records cover the years 1848 to 1989 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1911 to 1965. The material is largely textual with the exception of a few non-paper items scattered throughout.

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Christiaan Huygens : Mutual space-time synchronization between clocks : paper

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This article, authored by William C. Lindsey and Jorge M. N. Pereira, is a translation and analysis of the Latin manuscript, written in 1665 by the Dutch astronomer and physicist Christiaan Huygens, concerning mutual space-time synchronization. This paper was submitted to the Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1991.

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Questions of measuring, calculation and a weather rope

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The measurement of high potential difference: thesis

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